Legal Opinion
Sonia Calla Mejia v. Jefferson Sessions III
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 9, 2017No. 16-1280PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIAZ, Circuit Judge:
After enduring years of domestic abuse at the hands of her husband, a Peruvian National Police Officer, Sonia Calla Mejia fled her native Peru and entered the United States illegally in April 2015. The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) detained Calla Mejia and, following a June 2015 hearing before an Immigration Judge (“U”) in Texas, removed her to Peru.
Months later, Calla Mejia attempted to re-enter the United States, and was again apprehended by DHS, which reinstated her previous removal order. When Calla Mejia sought asylum, DHS placed her in “withholding of…
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